Margaret Curtain

**carolyn137** · September 23, 2009

If there is a bit of renaming going on, could it be because the seeds they carry have adapted to the difficult local conditions? How long would a line need to be grown and selectively saved before a name change is justified?

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First, I don't believe that tomatoes adapt.

Adaptation with other crops such as the well known one of Ethiopian Wheat and some Asian rices are known as landraces and take thousands of years to adapt as has been shown by DNA studies.

Even if a tomato variety did show adaptation that shouldn't allow for renamaing a variety IMO, b'c it's still the same variety with all the traits that would allow it be IDed as the original variety.

Just my view of the situation.

September 23, 2009	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	If there is a bit of renaming going on, could it be because the seeds they carry have adapted to the difficult local conditions? How long would a line need to be grown and selectively saved before a name change is justified? **** First, I don't believe that tomatoes adapt. Adaptation with other crops such as the well known one of Ethiopian Wheat and some Asian rices are known as landraces and take thousands of years to adapt as has been shown by DNA studies. Even if a tomato variety did show adaptation that shouldn't allow for renamaing a variety IMO, b'c it's still the same variety with all the traits that would allow it be IDed as the original variety. Just my view of the situation. __________________ Carolyn